some news source: Iron Fist is flopping oh how in the world will we forgive Netflix for this???!??!
the internet: idk maybe watch The Get Down?
some news source: anyway here’s a brass band version of the Stranger Things theme song!

Trans Women Shouldn’t Have To Constantly Defend Their Own Womanhood

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The comments of authorΒ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie caused a major outcry in the trans community, and this piece gives a lot of the history of whyΒ this is such a sensitive topic. While more intersectional and inclusive narratives of feminism are gradually becoming the norm, there is a 50+ year history (that still continues to this day) of feminists who exclude, delegitimize, and other transwomen.Β 

β€œNovelist and poet Kai Cheng Thom observes that β€œmale socialization, for us, is actually a coded message: β€œYou’re not who you think you are. If you try to be anything other than what we say, you’ll be punished.””

Trans Women Shouldn’t Have To Constantly Defend Their Own Womanhood